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{"value"=>"1740180", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1931-1950", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1931/1950"}
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{"value"=>"Municipal Court of the City of New York"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The <em render=\"bold\">Municipal Court of the City of New York, 1931-1950, (.8 lin. ft.),</em>Subseries includes material on Watson's 1930 and 1940 electoral campaigns. Materials include personal letters of support from friends and colleagues, endorsements from organizations, references sent to the Committee on Courts of Limited Jurisdiction of the Bar Association of the City of New York and the Committee on Practice and Procedure in the Municipal Court of the New York County Lawyers Association. Support groups such as the Citizens Non-Partisan Committee for the Re-Election of James S. Watson co-chaired by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and the Independent Professional Committee for the Re-Election of James S. Watson, composed of physicians and dentists within the Harlem community, are represented; included is a list of names and addresses of physicians and dentists of African descent practicing in the Harlem community at the time. Articles from the African American press as well as the mainstream press and from other publications are also represented. The remainder of the subseries includes correspondence regarding Watson's decisions and opinions; copies of his opinions; appeals of his decisions; articles regarding his decisions especially in Perry v. Norddeutscher Lloyd and Nickobon, Inc. v. Ross; correspondence relating to general court business; committee meeting notices; memoranda relating to housing and rent acts; copies of local laws; and assignments and court schedules. Watson's opinion on Perry v. Norddeutscher Lloyd is not contained among the papers, only portions are quoted in an article filed in the Printed Material folder. Copies of Watson's legal opinions not found in the papers and other information regarding cases tried before him are most likely to be found in the Municipal Archives of the City of New York as they are the property of the Municipal Court.</p>"}
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1931
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1931
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1950
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1931
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1950
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.8 linear feet